As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, this is one of the questions employers bring me most often, and my answer has been sharpened by seeing what separates the searches that succeed from the ones that don’t. Sometimes a company needs not one executive […]
Category Archives: For Employers
For Employers, Templates & Checklists
Executive Interview Scorecard Template: Criteria, Weighting, and Scales
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I give clients this template constantly, so here is the practitioner’s version, ready to adapt. A scorecard turns interviewing from an exercise in impressions into a structured, comparable assessment, which is […]
For Employers, Templates & Checklists
Compensation Benchmarking Template: Building a Defensible Executive Pay Case
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have built and refined this template across hundreds of executive searches, so here is the version that actually works. Executive compensation decisions get challenged, by candidates, boards, and sometimes […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I give clients this template constantly, so here is the practitioner’s version, ready to adapt. VP-level hiring often relies on unstructured conversations that reward the articulate over the capable. A structured […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, I have written this plain-English explainer because the question comes up in nearly every client conversation. You run a confidential search with a tightly controlled circle of knowledge, and you almost certainly […]
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As Global Head of Research & Leadership Advisory at JRG Partners, here is the direct answer employers actually need, without the jargon. Announce it personally and thoughtfully, tailoring the message to reassure and orient employees internally before communicating externally, […]
For Employers, Role & Industry Guides
How to Hire a CFO for a SaaS company: An Employer’s Field Guide
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Having placed leaders into roles like this repeatedly, we wrote this field guide to give employers the practitioner’s view of what this specific hire demands. Hiring a CFO for a SaaS company is not the same as hiring a general CFO, because SaaS finance runs on metrics, dynamics, […]
Drawing on our searches for this role across the sector, this field guide lays out what employers should actually look for, and look out for. Hiring a CMO for a franchise brand demands someone who understands the distinctive dual-marketing challenge, building the national brand […]
For Employers, Role & Industry Guides
How to Hire a Head of Procurement for a Aerospace supplier: An Employer’s Field Guide
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Drawing on our searches for this role across the sector, this field guide lays out what employers should actually look for, and look out for. Hiring a Head of Procurement for an aerospace supplier demands someone who commands aerospace’s exacting supply chain, stringent quality […]
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Drawing on our executive search work, we put this list together to give employers a practical, ranked view they can actually act on. The C-suite is expanding, with new titles emerging as companies respond to technology, data, growth, and other priorities. This list covers ten of […]